Darnell Williams

Darnell Williams
Darnell Williams
Born March 3, 1955 (1955-03-03) (age 56)
London, England, UK
Occupation Actor
Years active 1974–present

Darnell Williams (born March 3, 1955) is a British-born soap opera actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Jesse Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children, a role which has earned him two Daytime Emmy Awards.

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Williams was born in London, UK. He has portrayed Jesse Hubbard on All My Children from 1981 to 1988, and from 2008 to 2011. On October 21, 2011, Hubbard announced that he will be rejoining the show online in 2012.

His character became involved in a love affair with upper middle class Angie Baxter (Debbi Morgan). The characters eventually married and thus Darnell Williams was one half of the first African American supercouple on an American soap opera.[1] Williams won two Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on All My Children in the 1980s.

He returned to soap operas as Jesse's look-alike Jacob Foster on Loving and The City. He later reprised his role of Jesse on All My Children, albeit in angel form, when he welcomed Gillian Andrassy (Esta TerBlanche) into Heaven in 2001.

In the mid-to-late 1970s, he was a regular dancer on TVs Soul Train. During the mid-1980s, both he and Morgan co-hosted a dance show titled "New York Hot Tracks," that also featured music videos.

He had a recurring role as the counsellor on the primetime drama Felicity, and worked as a director and acting coach for All My Children.

In May 2007, Williams joined the cast of Guiding Light in the recurring role of the villainous Griggs, a man who A.C. Mallet was once employed by as a hit-man. Williams returned to All My Children in January 2008 as Jesse Hubbard, along with Debbi Morgan, who plays Dr. Angie Hubbard.

He appeared in the play Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell in New York City through June 2007.

In 2008, Williams, along with Gregori J. Martin, co-directed the independent film Manhattanites,[2] starring Ilene Kristen, Forbes March, and Aiden Turner, Williams' co-star.

He appeared on "Oprah- the Last Season" with cast mates Debbie Morgan and Michael E. Knight in 2011.

Also in 2011, Darnell Williams concluded his long run on All My Children along with the rest of the cast, due to the cancellation of both All My Children and One Life to Live.

All My Children is slated to be relaunched on The Online Network. Williams became the third actor to agree to sign on with this version of the show (after Cameron Mathison and Lindsay Hartley).

Awards (won)

  • Daytime Emmy Awards
    • (1985) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for All My Children
    • (1983) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series for All My Children
  • Golden Globe Awards

Awards (nominated)

  • Daytime Emmy Awards
    • (1982) Daytime Emmy Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series for All My Children
  • NAACP Image Awards
    • (2003) Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for All My Children
    • (1996) Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for The City

Film Festival Awards

  • (1993) Volpi Cup Best Ensemble Cast for Short Cuts
      • Shared with the rest of the cast


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